Mauldin Police Search for Suspected Armed Robbers
A Mauldin woman alleges she was robbed at gunpoint late last week as she stepped outside her apartment door, according to a Mauldin Police Department incident report.The alleged victim, who lives at...
View ArticleWhen Is Tonight's Presidential Debate?
After Joe Biden and Paul Ryan sparred throughout last week's Vice Presidential Debate, the nation's voters are looking forward to President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney's second debate: a...
View ArticleBottoms Up: Down-Ticket Races Could Impact Ones on Top
The conventional wisdom in politics is the top of the ticket is what drives people to the polls. The campaign of Barack Obama in 2008 is a case in point, when millions of new voters joined the...
View ArticleRon Wilson To Be Sentenced on Mail Fraud Charges Nov. 13
Former Anderson County Councilman Ron Wilson is set to be sentenced on mail fraud charges next month. Wilson is due to appear at a sentencing hearing in federal court on Nov. 13. Investigators say...
View ArticleIs He Nuts? S.C. Squirrel Predicts Romney Win
SUMMERVILLE — Gnocchi the Squirrel voted Tuesday for U.S. President, and has selected former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the winner. The precocious squirrel with a penchant for Coca-Cola has a...
View ArticleUPDATE: Anderson County Councilman Admits Past KKK Membership
UPDATED: 6:02 p.m., Oct. 16, 2012 WYFF reports that Anderson County Councilwoman Gracie Floyd said she's considering all her options, including legal action against Anderson County, after it became...
View ArticlePreview Tonight's Romney-Obama Presidential Debate with Patch
The pundits say that debates don't matter. But in the first presidential debate Republican nominee Mitt Romney showed that, as a matter of fact, they do. His strong performance led to a bounce in the...
View ArticleSimpsonville Yard Being Torn up by Wild Pigs
A Simpsonville resident said she believes wild pigs are tearing up her yard and is looking for relief and a way to get rid of them, according to this report in the Greenville News.Pat Fowler, of 323...
View ArticleWho Won the Presidential Debate? Weigh In
The prevailing wisdom was that President Barack Obama would have to be more forceful in his second debate with GOP challenger Mitt Romney. Obama was, but Romney also was ready. In the town hall-style...
View ArticleUpdated: 10 New SC Cases Part of Boy Scouts' 'Perversion Files'
UPDATE (4:45 p.m. Oct. 18): Specific details and reports on only 10 South Carolina cases were part of the "perversion files" released Thursday. More than 30 other cases of Boy Scout abuse in South...
View ArticleSiemens Announces Plans for Mauldin Plant
Siemens Industry Inc., a maker of mechanical and electrical drive equipment, plans to establish a new plant in Mauldin.The company will be moving into a 45,000-square-foot facility, located at the...
View Article'Blood Everywhere': Graphic 911 Audio Released In Eastside Double-Murder
WARNING: The following is a 911 call made by an individual at a double-murder scene. Some of the descriptions are graphic. Patch.com obtained the audio Thursday of the Oct. 3 911 call made from 10...
View ArticleUnderage Drinking Leads to Adult Consequences
The Greenville Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Coalition announced the fourth wave for the underage drinking enforcement and education campaign called “Underage Drinking. Adult Consequences” started...
View ArticleHey Mauldin: 5 Things to do This Weekend
Friday, Oct. 19:Put on your dancing shoes…. The Top Hat Band will be laying down the tunes during Simpsonville Rec's Friday Night Fling. The "covered dish dance" will take place from 6-9:30 p.m....
View ArticleBoy Scouts: Handling of Abuse 'Insufficient, Inappropriate or Wrong'
The Boy Scouts of America, which handed over thousands of pages of internal documents detailing hundreds of child abuse allegations over a 20-year-period, says it has learned from its mistakes....
View ArticleSCDP Corrects Voter ID Flier Circulated in Dorchester Co.
A flier circulated by the S.C. Democratic Party in Dorchester County asks voters to "Commit to Vote." But it also originally offered incorrect information on voter identification. The SCDP sent Patch...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Taking Part In Olympic Torch Run
Law Enforcement agencies from across the Upstate will participate in the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics as part of the opening ceremonies of the South Carolina Special Olympics Fall...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Unemployment Rate Falls by Half Percent to 9.1
The Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) announced on Friday that South Carolina's unemployment rate had fallen by half of a percentage point in September. The decrease, from a rate of 9.6...
View ArticleHousekeeper Of Slain Eastside Couple Arrested Again
Shirley Ann Rogers, the housekeeper already arrested once for allegedly defrauding Helen Wells, one of two people later murdered on Terramont Drive, is reportedly in trouble with the law again,...
View ArticleMan Killed In Domestic Dispute, Girlfriend Arrested
A woman is behind bars for criminal domestic charges while prosecutors weigh whether or not to charge her in the death of her boyfriend. At roughly 6 p.m. Thursday, the Greenville County Sheriff's...
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